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40 winks - it's the trip - project mooncircle - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Hip Hop - Instrumentals

1. Entrée
2. Outside The Box
3. Tribal Recipe
4. The Day Breaks
5. The journey (Interlude)
6. Sun Spots
7. Malicious Choir
8. Sales Over Soul (Interlude)
9. Subtle Piece
10. Kodak Moment
11. Mood Adapter (Prelude)
12. Mood Adapter
13. Tinnitus
14. Winkz Waltz
15. Vocal Play (Interlude)
16. 40 Layers
17. Badwill
18. Not The Destination

No hay banda! (“there is no band”, Mulholland Dr. 2001) pretty much sums up where 40 Winks aims to go with its instrumental hip hop: meticulously chop and paste samples together, to create an atmosphere of beats and vibes which steps beyond unimaginative loops. 40 Winks hit the scene in 2002, with a whole slew of laidback beats. Eager to share their sound with the world, they released a couple of albums independently. Check!

The attention they got from this, allowed them to build with people from around the world. One of these independently released albums, More Than Loops, got reissued in Japan on Swamp Records, after that the ball kept rolling. On their first worldwide release, Extended Pleasure on Escapism Records (2005), they reached listeners well beyond the (instrumental) hip hop community with the song “Melancholia”. After appearances on compilations, like Weapons Of Hope on Little-D (2006), they got a chance to do their thing on the renowned label, Merck Records with Sound Puzzle (2007). All this led them back to Europe, where the German based Project: Mooncircle welcomed them with a spot on the compilation Heart On The Right Spot (2007) and a full album The Lucid Effect (2008). In 2009 they took some time off, doing solo stuff and remixes. In 2011 40 Winks is back with a double LP called It’s The Trip (2011) on Project: Mooncircle.